2025 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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The Men's 100 metre backstroke events at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Singapore Sports Hub between 21 and 27 September 2025 ^[1] .

Schedule

Eleven events for men will be held across the following schedule:

Men's 100 metre backstroke ^[1]

Day	Date	Classifications
Day 1	21 Sept [2]	S6; S12
Day 2	22 Sept [3]	S8; S14
Day 3	23 Sept	S1*; S2*
Day 4	24 Spt	S7; S13
Day 5	25 Sept	-
Day 6	26 Sept	S9; S11
Day 7	27 Sept	S10

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
S1
S2
S6	Yang Hong   China	Dino Sinovcic   Croatia	Antonio Fantin   Italy
S7
S8	Inigo Llopis Sanz   Spain	Eduard Horodianyn   Ukraine	Turgut Aslan Yaraman   Turkey
S9
S10
S11
S12	Raman Salei   Azerbaijan	Maksim Vashkevich   Individual Neutral Athletes	Evan Wilkerson   United States
S13
S14	Benjamin Hance   Australia	Gabriel Bandeira   Brazil	William Ellard   Great Britain

Race summaries

S1

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S1 event will be held on the evening of the 23 September. Seven swimmers, representing six nations, will take part in a direct final. ^[1]

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Hennadii Boiko  (UKR)	2:08.01	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Championship	Kamil Otowski  (POL)	2:18.60	2023-08-02	Manchester	Great Britain
Americas	Jose Ronaldo da Silva  (BRA)	2:51.75	2025-09-06	São Paulo	Brazil
European	Hennadii Boiko  (UKR)	2:08.01	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
		Francesco Bettella  (ITA)	S1			2:33.82
		Jose Ronaldo da Silva  (BRA)	S1			2:56.69
		Dimitrios Karypidis  (GRE)	S1			3:07.77
		Anton Kol  (UKR)	S1			2:30.56
		Nikolaos Kontou  (GRE)	S1			3:47.20
		Miguel Navarro  (ESP)	S1			3:52.51
		Iyad Shalabi  (ISR)	S1			2:29.77

S2

The Men's 100 metres backstroke S2 event will be held on the evening of 23 September. Seven swimmers will take part, in a direct final ^[1] .

The relevant records leading into the event were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Zou Liankang  (CHN)	1:45.25	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Championship	Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo  (BRA)	1:55.34	2023-08-02	Manchester	Great Britain
African	David Mc Klopper  (RSA)	3:34.69	2017-12-07	Mexico City	Mexico
Americas	Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo  (BRA)	1:53.67	2024-08-29	Paris	France
Asian	Zou Liankang  (CHN)	1:45.25	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Serhii Palamarchuk  (UKR)	1:49.76	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
		Alberto Abarza  (CHI)	S2			2:01.74
		Jacek Czech  (POL)	S2			2:06.48
		Vladimir Danilenko  (AIN)	S2			2:01.34
		Gabriel Araújo  (BRA)	S2			1:53.67
		Conrad Hildebrand  (SWE)	S2			2:40.82
		Jesus Rey Lopez  (MEX)	S2			2:22.50
		Rodrigo Santillan  (PER)	S2			2:16.35

S6

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S6 event will be held on the morning and afternoon of 21 September. Ten swimmers will take part, representing seven nations and one neutral athlete. The top eight progress to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Zheng Tao  (CHN)	1:10.84	2016-09-08	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Championship	Zheng Tao  (CHN)	1:12.94	2015-07-18	Glasgow	Great Britain
African	Ahmed Ali  (EGY)	1:25.78	2017-12-05	Mexico City	Mexico
Americas	Talisson Glock  (BRA)	1:13.52	2015-07-18	Glasgow	Great Britain
Asian	Zheng Tao  (CHN)	1:10.84	2016-09-08	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Aleksei Ganiuk  (AIN)	1:13.47	2024-04-21	Funchal	Portugal
Oceanian	Matthew Haanappel  (AUS)	1:21.25	2012-08-30	London	Great Britain

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	1	5	Dino Sinovcic  (CRO)	S6	1:17.25	Q
2	1	4	Yang Hong  (CHN)	S6	1:17.43	Q
3	1	6	Luo Yanbo  (CHN)	S6	1:19.04	Q
4	1	8	Laurent Chardard  (FRA)	S6	1:19.28	Q
5	1	7	Mikhail Evseenko  (AIN)	S6	1:19.53	Q
6	1	2	Antonio Fantin  (ITA)	S6	1:22.45	Q
7	1	1	David Sanchez Sierra  (ESP)	S6	1:23.14	Q
8	1	0	Jesus Alberto Gutierrez  (MEX)	S6	1:24.68	Q
9	1	9	Raul Gutierrez  (MEX)	S6	1:26.80	Q
	1	3	Matias de Andrade  (ARG)	S6		DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	5	Yang Hong  (CHN)	S6	1:14.94
	4	Dino Sinovcic  (CRO)	S6	1:15.88
	7	Antonio Fantin  (ITA)	S6	1:16.07
4	6	Laurent Chardard  (FRA)	S6	1:17.11
5	3	Luo Yanbo  (CHN)	S6	1:17.78
6	2	Mikhail Evseenko  (AIN)	S6	1:19.42
7	1	David Sanchez Sierra  (ESP)	S6	1:22.78
8	8	Jesus Alberto Gutierrez  (MEX)	S6	1:23.61

S7

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S7 event will be held on the morning an evening of 24 September. Ten swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Andrii Trusov  (UKR)	1:07.60	2024-04-24	Funchal	Portugal
Championship	Bohdan Hrynenko  (UKR)	1:08.92	2019-09-12	London	Great Britain
African	Christian Sadie  (RSA)	1:12.99	2023-08-03	Manchester	Great Britain
Americas	Pipo Carlomagno  (ARG)	1:08.83	2021-08-30	Tokyo	Japan
Asian	Nan Gao  (CHN)	1:14.71	2012-08-30	London	Great Britain
European	Andrii Trusov  (UKR)	1:07.60	2024-04-24	Funchal	Portugal
Oceanian	Michael Ardern  (NZL)	1:19.27	2010-05-31	Manchester	Great Britain

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Sardor Bakhtiyorov  (UZB)	S7			1:19.79
			Federico Bicelli  (ITA)	S7			1:12.23
			Aleksei Ganiuk  (AIN)	S7			1:12.56
			Huang Xianquan  (CHN)	S7			1:19.22
			Yaroslav Karpenko  (UKR)	S7			1:20.75
			Christian Sadie  (RSA)	S7			1:13.03
			Jurijs Semjonovs  (LAT)	S7			1:14.68
			Yurii Shenhur  (UKR)	S7			1:09.32
			Wei Soong Toh  (SGP)	S7			1:16.24
			Andrii Trusov  (UKR)	S7			1:07.60

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S8

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S8 event will be held on the morning and afternoon of 22 September. Thirteen swimmers representing seven nations and one neutral athlete, will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Robert Griswold  (USA)	1:02.55	2021-08-27	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Konstantin Lisenkov  (RUS)	1:03.32	2013-08-12	Montreal	Canada
African	Cristiaan Du Plessis  (RSA)	1:14.71	2010-08-15	Eindhoven	Netherlands
Americas	Robert Griswold  (USA)	1:02.55	2021-08-27	Tokyo	Japan
Asian	Zhou Cong  (CHN)	1:02.90	2016-09-13	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Konstantin Lisenkov  (RUS)	1:03.32	2013-08-12	Montreal	Canada
Oceanian	Peter Leek  (AUS)	1:05.56	2010-08-15	Eindhoven	Netherlands

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Inigo Llopis Sanz  (ESP)	S8	1:06.41	Q
2	1	4	Eduard Horodianyn  (UKR)	S8	1:06.64	Q
3	2	5	Kota Kubota  (JPN)	S8	1:07.29	Q
4	1	3	Kotaro Ogiwara  (JPN)	S8	1:07.63	Q
5	1	6	Reid Maxwell  (CAN)	S8	1:10.22	Q
6	1	2	Azizbek Boynazarov  (UZB)	S8	1:11.14	Q
7	2	1	Maksim Baskakov  (AIN)	S8	1:11.56	Q
8	1	5	Bohdan Hrynenko  (UKR)	S8	1:11.73	Q
9	2	2	Sergio Martos Minguet  (ESP)	S8	1:11.89
10	2	7	Yevhenii Mandryka  (UKR)	S8	1:12.93
11	1	7	Marco Ozaeta Velasco  (ESP)	S8	1:14.65
12	2	3	Turgut Aslan Yaraman  (TUR)	S8	1:07.41
	2	6	Liu Fengqi  (CHN)	S8		DSQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	4	Inigo Llopis Sanz  (ESP)	S8	1:05.29
	5	Eduard Horodianyn  (UKR)	S8	1:06.18
	6	Turgut Aslan Yaraman  (TUR)	S8	1:06.52
4	3	Kota Kubota  (JPN)	S8	1:07.62
5	2	Kotaro Ogiwara  (JPN)	S8	1:07.71
6	7	Reid Maxwell  (CAN)	S8	1:08.34
7	1	Azizbek Boynazarov  (UZB)	S8	1:11.15
8	9	Maksim Baskakov  (AIN)	S8	1:11.29

S9

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S9 event will be held on 26 September. Twelve swimmers will take part, representing seven nations and two neutral athletes, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Simone Barlaam  (ITA)	0:59.72	2022-06-17	Funchal	Portugal
Championship	Simone Barlaam  (ITA)	0:59.72	2022-06-17	Funchal	Portugal
African	Mohammed Reda Dakouane  (MAR)	1:11.17	2024-06-07	Limoges	France
Americas	Justin Zook  (USA)	1:01.75	2012-06-15	Bismarck	United States
Asian	Zhou Cong  (CHN)	1:03.20	2019-09-10	London	Great Britain
European	Simone Barlaam  (ITA)	0:59.72	2022-06-17	Funchal	Portugal
Oceanian	Timothy Hodge  (AUS)	1:01.74	2023-02-17	Melbourne	Australia

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Sam de Visser  (BEL)	S9			1:05.31
			Ugo Didier  (FRA)	S9			1:00.70
			Victor dos Santos Almeida  (BRA)	S9			1:02.23
			Brenden Hall  (AUS)	S9			1:06.90
			Timothy Hodge  (AUS)	S9			1:02.22
			Oliwier Krzyszkowski  (POL)	S9			1:04.75
			Barry McClements  (IRL)	S9			1:04.52
			Bogdan Mozgovoi  (AIN)	S9			1:01.51
			Jendi Pangabean  (INA)	S9			1:05.99
			Yahor Shchalkanau  (AIN)	S9			1:00.76
			Harrison Vig  (AUS)	S9			1:05.28
			Tommaso Wulzer  (ITA)	S9			1:07.25

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S10

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S10 event will be held on the morning and evening of 27 September. Nine swimmers representing six nations will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Maksym Krypak  (UKR)	0:57.19	2021-09-02	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Maksym Krypak  (UKR)	0:58.00	2019-09-14	London	Great Britain
African	Achmat Hassiem  (RSA)	1:10.96	2011-08-12	Edmonton, Alberta	Canada
Americas	Andre Brasil  (BRA)	0:59.55	2016-09-10	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Asian	Akito Minai  (JPN)	1:04.12	2024-09-06	Paris	France
European	Maksym Krypak  (UKR)	0:57.19	2021-09-02	Tokyo	Japan
Oceanian	Michael Anderson  (AUS)	1:00.87	2014-08-09	Pasadena	United States

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Turki Alharbi  (KSA)	S10			1:17.59
			Tomas Cordeiro  (POR)	S10			1:03.75
			Joao Fidalgo  (POR)	S10			1:03.56
			Thomas Gallagher  (AUS)	S10			1:01.22
			Riccardo Menciotti  (ITA)	S10			1:01.39
			Ihor Nimchenko  (UKR)	S10			1:01.62
			Stanislav Popov  (UKR)	S10			1:03.31
			Bas Takken  (NED)	S10			1:01.59
			Olivier van de Voort  (NED)	S10			0:58.34

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S11

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S11 event will be held on the morning and evening of 26 September. Nine swimmers will take part from seven nation, with the top eight progressing to the final. Reigning champion, Paralympic champion and world record holder Mykhailo Serbin of Ukraine will defend his title ^[1] .

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Mykhailo Serbin  (UKR)	1:05.84	2024-09-01	Paris	France
Championship	Mykhailo Serbin  (UKR)	1:06.01	2023-08-05	Manchester	Great Britain
African	Hendri Herbst  (RSA)	1:14.44	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Americas	Bradley Snyder  (USA)	1:08.28	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Asian	Yang Bozun  (CHN)	1:07.74	2008-09-13	Beijing	China
European	Mykhailo Serbin  (UKR)	1:05.84	2024-09-01	Paris	France
Oceanian	Jeremy McClure  (AUS)	1:12.51	2019-09-10	London	Great Britain

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Danylo Chufarov  (UKR)	S11			1:07.03
			Albert Gelis  (ESP)	S11			1:06.02
			Hua Dongdong  (CHN)	S11			1:12.99
			David Kratochvil  (CZE)	S11			1:06.54
			Li Zhixin  (CHN)	S11			1:10.09
			Marco Meneses  (POR)	S11			1:08.03
			Himanshu Nandal  (IND)	S11			1:14.30
			Mykhailo Serbin  (UKR)	S11			1:05.84
			Simonas Zvirblis  (LTU)	S11			1:16.19

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S12

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S12 event will be held on the morning and evening of 21 September. Eleven swimmers will take part, representing seven nations and four neutral athletes, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records heading into the event were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Stephen Clegg  (GBR)	0:59.02	2024-08-31	Paris	France
Championship	Yaroslav Denysenko  (UKR)	0:59.40	2019-09-09	London	Great Britain
African	Franco Smit  (RSA)	1:04.40	2019-09-09	London	Great Britain
Americas	Tucker Dupree  (USA)	0:59.71	2014-04-20	Glasgow	Great Britain
Asian	Maulana Rifky Yavianda  (INA)	1:03.55	2023-10-23	Hangzhou	China
European	Stephen Clegg  (GBR)	0:59.02	2024-08-31	Paris	France
Oceanian	Jeremy McClure  (AUS)	1:05.95	2008-09-13	Beijing	China

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Raman Salei  (AZE)	S12	1:02.00	Q
2	2	5	Maksim Vashkevich  (AIN)	S12	1:03.25	Q
3	1	4	Dzmitry Salei  (AIN)	S12	1:04.00	Q
4	2	3	Evan Wilkerson  (USA)	S12	1:04.25	Q
5	1	3	Arsenii Berezhnoi  (AIN)	S12	1:05.20	Q
6	1	5	Douglas Matera  (BRA)	S12	1:05.29	Q
7	2	6	Alex Villarejo Martin  (ESP)	S12	1:05.83	Q
8	1	6	Egor Kuzmin  (AIN)	S12	1:09.17	Q
9	2	2	Roman Mychka  (UKR)	S12	1:10.34
10	1	2	Mohammadhossein Abadi  (IRI)	S12	1:13.18
11	2	6	Serghei Sirovatchin  (MDA)	S12	1:20.45

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	4	Raman Salei  (AZE)	S12	1:01.58
	5	Maksim Vashkevich  (AIN)	S12	1:02.17
	6	Evan Wilkerson  (USA)	S12	1:03.05
4	3	Dzmitry Salei  (AIN)	S12	1:03.58
5	7	Douglas Matera  (BRA)	S12	1:04.24
6	2	Arsenii Berezhnoi  (AIN)	S12	1:04.58
7	1	Alex Villarejo Martin  (ESP)	S12	1:06.00
8	8	Egor Kuzmin  (AIN)	S12	1:09.40

S13

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S13 event will be held on the morning and evening of 24 September. Twelve swimmers will take part, representing nine nations and neutral athletes with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Ihar Boki  (BLR)	0:56.36	2021-08-26	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Ihar Boki  (BLR)	0:56.74	2015-07-15	Glasgow	Great Britain
African	Charles Bouwer  (RSA)	0:59.52	2013-08-17	Montreal	Canada
Americas	Nicolas Guy Turbide  (CAN)	0:59.28	2018-08-12	Cairns	Australia
Asian	Egor Bolotov  (UZB)	0:58.83	2024-06-07	Limoges	France
European	Ihar Boki  (BLR)	0:56.36	2021-08-26	Tokyo	Japan
Oceanian	Sean Russo  (AUS)	1:01.01	2013-08-17	Montreal	Canada

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Enrique Mollar  (ESP)	S13			1:00.63
			Egor Bolotov  (UZB)	S13			0:58.83
			Pedro Fernandez Garcia  (ESP)	S13			1:08.27
			Nathan Hendricks  (RSA)	S13			1:02.12
			Yauheni Kavalionak  (AIN)	S13			1:05.40
			Evgenii Lazutin  (AIN)	S13			1:01.55
			Alex Portal  (FRA)	S13			0:59.08
			Genki Saito  (JPN)	S13			1:03.67
			Gabriel Steen  (NOR)	S13			1:01.22
			Nicolas Guy Turbide  (CAN)	S13			1:01.74
			Thomas van Wanrooij  (NED)	S13			1:00.32
			Oleksii Virchenko  (UKR)	S13			0:59.76

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S14

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S14 event will be held on the morning and evening of 22 September. Twelve swimmers representing nine nations will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final. Reigning champion and world record holder Benjamin Hance of Australia returns to defend his title ^[1] .

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows ^[4] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Benjamin Hance  (AUS)	0:56.35	2025-06-13	Adelaide	Australia
Championship	Benjamin Hance  (AUS)	0:57.26	2023-08-01	Manchester	Great Britain
African	Record Mark  (IPC)	1:02.36
Americas	Gabriel Bandeira  (BRA)	0:57.65	2025-05-24	São Paulo	Brazil
Asian	Inkook Lee  (KOR)	0:59.82	2016-09-08	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Mark Tompsett  (GBR)	0:58.28	2025-04-17	London	Great Britain
Oceanian	Benjamin Hance  (AUS)	0:56.35	2025-06-13	Adelaide	Australia

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Benjamin Hance  (AUS)	S14	55.99	WR
2	2	5	Mark Tompsett  (GBR)	S14	58.70
3	1	5	Arthur Xavier Ribeiro  (BRA)	S14	59.61
4	2	3	William Ellard  (GBR)	S14	1:00.34
5	1	4	Gabriel Bandeira  (BRA)	S14	1:01.00
6	2	6	Declan Budd  (AUS)	S14	1:01.32
7	2	2	Vasyl Krainyk  (UKR)	S14	1:01.70
8	1	6	Natirat Meeprom  (THA)	S14	1:02.00
9	1	2	Inkook Lee  (KOR)	S14	1:02.49
10	2	7	Rei Kagose  (JPN)	S14	1:03.26
11	1	7	Ariel Alegarbes  (PHI)	S14	1:03.76

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	4	Benjamin Hance  (AUS)	S14	56.25
	2	Gabriel Bandeira  (BRA)	S14	58.37
	6	William Ellard  (GBR)	S14	58.95
4	5	Mark Tompsett  (GBR)	S14	59.08
5	3	Arthur Xavier Ribeiro  (BRA)	S14	59.86
6	7	Declan Budd  (AUS)	S14	1:01.23
7	1	Vasyl Krainyk  (UKR)	S14	1:01.97
8	8	Natirat Meeprom  (THA)	S14	1:01.99

References

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